The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, becoming a disciple of Yue Buqun

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Jiang Ning noticed his expression and asked curiously.

Lu Dayou seemed a little embarrassed: "Um... junior brother..."

Seeing that he was speaking haltingly, Jiang Ning frowned slightly and asked, "What's wrong?"

Under Jiang Ning's urging, Lu Dayou finally said, "Junior brother, I have some questions I'd like to ask you."

Jiang Ning subconsciously sensed something was wrong and asked suspiciously, "What's the problem? Is it a problem with your training?"

In the past, Huashan disciples would come to him with problems in their training, and Lu Dayou had asked him before, but he was never as hesitant as he was now.

Lu Dayou quickly shook his head: "No, no."

Jiang Ning frowned: "What's the problem?"

Lu Dayou looked a little shy: "Well... I wanted to ask, if I wanted to give a girl a gift, what would be a good idea?"

"?"

Jiang Ning looked at him strangely and asked, "Why would you ask me this question, Senior Brother?"

It's one thing for Linghu Chong to come and ask him about his love life, but why is Lu Dayou coming to ask him too?

Lu Dayou said embarrassedly, "My senior brother said you know a lot, and he comes to ask you when he doesn't understand something. He also said you are very reliable in this area."

Jiang Ning didn't know what to say.

Linghu Chong is here to help him develop his business.

To be honest, Jiang Ning really doesn't understand matters of the heart. The advice he gave Linghu Chong before was always given reluctantly.

It's better to find Yue Buqun than him. At least Yue Buqun has successful experience, while he has no experience at all and relies purely on theory.

However, since Lu Dayou had asked, Jiang Ning couldn't refuse outright. As the saying goes, three cobblers are equal to one Zhuge Liang, so he could at least help analyze the situation.

"Is the senior sister that my senior brother mentioned a disciple of Mount Hua?"

Jiang Ning was curious about which faction Lu Dayou's crush belonged to.

"No."

Lu Dayou shook his head.

Jiang Ning was taken aback: "They're from the Hengshan Sect?"

The Hengshan Sect is a nunnery, so it's not allowed for people to have any goodwill towards Hengshan disciples.

"no no."

Lu Dayou shook his head like a rattle drum.

"Who is that?"

Jiang Ning asked curiously.

Lu Dayou's face turned slightly red, and he stammered, "She's...she's a junior sister from Emei."

"Emei?"

Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment, then realized that among these sects, apart from Hengshan, only Emei was entirely female. Although Kunlun also had some female disciples, their numbers were very small.

"Ah."

Lu Dayou nodded shyly.

"I get along quite well with my junior sister Xiaohan, and I want to give her a gift."

Jiangning is facing some difficulties.

If it were an Emei disciple, he wouldn't be able to offer advice. First, he didn't know what the current internal rules of the Emei sect were, whether or not disciples were prohibited from marrying. Second, this could potentially become a diplomatic issue.

"Senior brother, you should go and ask Master for guidance."

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Ning did not offer Lu Dayou any advice like he would to Linghu Chong, but instead recommended the more authoritative Yue Buqun to Lu Dayou.

"Ah? Master..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Dayou shrank back.

Although Yue Buqun no longer often puts on a stern face towards them, Lu Dayou, who used to be second only to Linghu Chong in terms of problems among his disciples, is still somewhat intimidated by Yue Buqun, let alone asking him for advice on such matters.

"Senior brother, don't worry. Master is experienced and cares about his disciples. He will definitely help you if he knows about your troubles."

Jiang Ning offered words of comfort upon seeing this.

"……All right."

After thinking for a moment, Lu Dayou nodded vigorously, stood up, and left with an expression of heroic sacrifice.

Watching his departing figure, Jiang Ning couldn't help but shake his head.

A young man's heart is always full of springtime feelings.

Jiang Ning looked at the distant mountains and frowned.

"I wonder how Uncle Cheng and Junior Brother Lin are doing outside."

Several months have passed since Cheng Buyou and Lin Ping went down the mountain. Logically, the two should have returned from Fujian by now. Even if they are still busy, they should have heard about the news that many martial arts figures surrounded Mount Hua. However, there is still no news of them. He did not see them when he traveled around the various prefectures of Shaanxi after going down the mountain. He wonders how they are doing.

So far, only two members of the Huashan Sect have been traveling outside. Although Cheng Buyou is protecting Lin Pingzhi, the martial arts world is not peaceful right now, and Jiang Ning is somewhat worried about their safety.

Jiang Ning frowned slightly. He calculated the time; it was mid-December. He planned to wait a while longer. If Ren Yingying's subordinates didn't make a comeback, and Cheng Buyou and Lin Pingzhi still hadn't returned, Jiang Ning planned to go down the mountain to Fujian to see what was going on.

"A troubled time..."

……

Wow!

Wow!

Large raindrops fell densely from the sky to the ground, forming a curtain of rain.

In a nameless, deep mountain, a young man braved the heavy rain, carrying an old Taoist priest on his back as they struggled forward.

"Uncle Cheng, hold on! We'll be at Mount Hua soon, and you'll be saved."

Lin Pingzhi dragged his exhausted body, stumbling along the muddy road. Rainwater streamed down his face, making his complexion appear even paler.

Lin Pingzhi walked with great difficulty, calling out to the old Taoist priest all the way, his face wet with indistinguishable rain or tears.

Cheng Buyou, who was on his back, remained motionless, his face even paler than Lin Pingzhi's, as if he were dead. He would only occasionally twitch a finger to prove that he was still alive when Lin Pingzhi called his name.

Chapter 256: Luring the Enemy into the Trap

"Today, Master Fang Sheng only asked me to show him around Mount Hua. At first, I thought he had some ulterior motive, but he didn't say anything during the process."

night.

Jiang Ning was telling Yue Buqun about what had happened during the day.

Yue Buqun frowned after listening, but still nodded and said, "Today, Master Fangzheng and I played chess at the Chess Pavilion all day. During that time, he mentioned something: he plans to make me the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance."

Jiang Ning frowned upon hearing this.

The Five Mountains Alliance Leader is an internal matter for their Five Mountains Sword Sect. Does Fang Zheng's statement mean he's preparing to take action against them?

"However, I did not agree."

Yue Buqun said.

Although Tianmen Daoren also supported him to become the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance, Yue Buqun himself still hadn't decided whether or not to become the leader ahead of schedule.

The Huashan Sect is now developing steadily, so whether or not he becomes the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance will not have much impact on Yue Buqun. Moreover, the benefits that becoming the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance would bring him are not many. On the contrary, it would give him a feeling of standing out from the crowd.

However, if Yue Buqun doesn't become the leader of the alliance, then what Tianmen Daoist said is correct: continuing to let Zuo Lengchan be the leader of the alliance will not benefit the four factions. Now Yue Buqun is also somewhat hesitant.

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore."

Yue Buqun deliberately changed the subject and brought up another matter.

"Do you think it's a coincidence or intentional that Fang Zheng and Fang Sheng found you and me, master and disciple, today, and that Master Chongxu of Wudang found Chong'er?"

"on purpose."

Without much thought, Jiang Ning spoke directly.

"That's what I think too."

Yue Buqun nodded and said, "I asked Chong'er, and he only discussed martial arts with Daoist Chongxu today. He didn't say anything else."

Linghu Chong dared not hide anything from him and told him everything that had happened.

Just like the situation in Jiang Ning, Fang Sheng seemed to be looking for Jiang Ning simply to be his guide, and Chong Xu seemed to be looking for Linghu Chong simply to discuss swordsmanship, nothing more.

This left Jiang Ning and Yue Buqun unable to understand the thoughts of Shaolin and Wudang.

"Could they be trying to sow discord?"

Jiang Ning considered this possibility, and his gaze became somewhat strange.

Upon hearing this, Yue Buqun's gaze also turned strange.

Knowing too little about the matter, Jiang Ning and Yue Buqun decided not to continue their analysis and instead chose to wait and see what kind of trouble Shaolin and Wudang were up to.

As long as he and Yue Buqun are of one mind, they can handle whatever Fang Zheng and Chongxu want to do.

Linghu Chong was subconsciously ignored by Jiang Ning and Yue Buqun.

Aside from his fighting skills, you can't count on Linghu Chong for anything else.

"Master, I will take my leave now."

The information exchange was complete, and Jiang Ning was about to return to his room when Yue Buqun stopped him.

"Did you send Dayou to find your master?"

Yue Buqun brought up the matter, his gaze somewhat helpless.

"Yes."

Jiang Ning nodded, looking somewhat embarrassed: "Senior Brother Lu has recently developed feelings for a senior sister from Emei, so he asked me for advice. I thought Master had experience in this area, so I asked Senior Brother to come and ask Master."

Yue Buqun was speechless upon hearing this.

He said that Lu Dayou had grown bold enough to come to him for advice on this matter, and upon asking, it turned out that Jiang Ning had indeed instigated him.

"Luckily you didn't give him any bad advice."

Yue Buqun said, "The Emei Sect is now our ally, so we must be careful in our dealings with them."

Yue Buqun knew Jiang Ning's idea of ​​having Lu Dayou find him, and he approved of Jiang Ning's approach.

"I will find some time later to subtly probe Master Qingwei about this issue."

In the past, Emei Sect disciples could marry, but it's unclear now. He, as the sect leader, needs to communicate with the other party's higher-ups first to find out the situation.

Yue Buqun didn't mind the trouble, after all, Lu Dayou was his disciple and had grown up in Mount Hua. If Lu Dayou and that Emei female disciple were truly in love, it would be a good thing.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Master."

Jiang Ning also laughed.

After the conversation, Jiang Ning got up to say goodbye and went back to his room.

After sitting in the living room for a while, Yue Buqun returned to his room, where Ning Zhongze was still waiting for him.

"Aren't you asleep yet?"

Yue Buqun was somewhat surprised.

"Did something happen today?"

Ning Zhongze looked somewhat worried.

She knew that Yue Buqun had just been talking to Jiang Ning, and the two of them would only have such a long conversation after something happened.

"It's nothing, we just talked about Dayou's marriage."

Yue Buqun chuckled, not wanting Ning Zhongze to worry about the Shaolin and Wudang matters, but instead diverting Ning Zhongze's attention by mentioning Lu Dayou's situation.

"Da You? A marriage?"

Ning Zhongze's attention was indeed drawn away, and she looked somewhat surprised.